
Rafa Benítez: "We are looking at some players from La Liga"
The Spanish manager Rafael Benítez, of Liverpool, says he is interested in some players of Spanish Liga, even some of Real Madrid, although he thinks that they will be out of the reach economically of the British club
"We are looking at many players of the Spanish league, but not as many as the press has published", declared, simultaneously that denied the confirmation of the draftee of Jose Manuel Reina, goalkeeper of Villarreal, "is a series of goalkeepers who we are following and Reina is one of them, we are close, but he is still not confirmed".
As far as players of Real Madrid, it affirmed that the arrival of Morientes to the Liverpool "has done that much, that the players of Real Madrid pay attention to us. But we know our limitations and there are players who we cannot afford and there are others that although we do not want them, the press say we do as they look for a move'".
"Era of sense common to be in the Champions"
As far as the place assured in Liga de Campeones, it showed that "it was common sense", although the obligation to play in the qualifiers is a problem "that changes everything, because we had given vacations to some of the players between the 4th and 12th July and we now start on July 13th, so we must change everything now", affecting to its participation in the Match Santiago Bernabeu and the Asian tour.
In his opinion, the fact that the champion did not have an assured place the following year considers that "it had neither feet nor head", "this new rule change is welcomed by everyone"
It would like to be selecting Spanish
In the long term, he would like to fulfill his dream to end up training a great Spanish team, "I believe that all the staff i took with me would like to be at a great Spanish team in the future, one of whom could ne Real Madrid. But I do not like to speak too much about that, because, I am really, really happy at Liverpool and would like to make the club very important again"